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ATC more often than not isn’t stupid. They will probably tell you to climb to a different (lower) altitude for your missed approach. If you know you won’t be able to comply, tell atc asap that you can’t comply with published miss due to altitude. 99/100 times they will give you something else

After looking at the KJAC plates, you should have no business flying IFR into that airport without an aircraft that can make that climb, as there aren’t any other alternatives. So the recommendation would be not to fly to KJAC with that plane in IFR conditions

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Wes Beard on Sep 03, 2013

No where on this approach foes it state the mixed approach has a higher than standard climb gradient. This means your airplane should be capable of climbing 200’/NM to 14,000 FT.

If your airplane does not have that performance you should not accept the approach. This should be caught in the preflight planning. A C-172 has no business flying this approach.

For what it’s worth, don’t expect ATC to bail you out of poor preflight planning. There may be cases where they cannot give you lower nor should you expect them to. If your radio or theirs goes out you will be required to climb to an altitude you cannot make.

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